Events to raise awareness of citizens on environmental issues to achieve the Sustainable Development Goals are held in Minsk - Sustainable Development Goals in Belarus

Events to raise awareness of citizens on environmental issues to achieve the Sustainable Development Goals are held in Minsk

10 December 2023

On December 1-2, 2023, the State Educational Institution «Republican Center for State Environmental Expertise, Training, Advanced Training and Retraining of Personnel of the Ministry of Natural Resources and Environmental Protection» held the first series of events of the Republican Seminar «Increasing awareness of civil society on environmental issues to achieve sustainable development goals».

Public ecologists, representatives of territorial authorities, environmental institutions, environmental public associations, teachers of educational institutions, and proactive citizens took part in the event.

The seminar covered the legal framework for environmental protection and natural resource management in Belarus, the management of production and consumption waste, the protection of flora and fertile soil, and the experience of the Berezinsky Biosphere Reserve in the conservation, study and rational use of natural complexes. The seminar participants also discussed public participation in making environmentally significant decisions, the rational use of natural complexes, and the role of environmental institutions in the development of environmental education and tourism.

The second series of events of the Republican seminar «Increasing awareness of civil society on environmental issues to achieve sustainable development goals» is scheduled for December 8-9, 2023.

More detailed information about the seminar can be found at the link.

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